Three separate sources have informed the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Josh Childress is not expected to return to the NBA for the 2009-10 season.
The dynamics of his situation in the NBA haven?t changed from last summer. He?s still a restricted free agent and would be subject to dealing with a Hawks organization that couldn?t get a deal done with him last summer.
?I don?t know why he would come back,? a Western Conference scout told me. ?There?s so much uncertainty in the league this summer. Teams are holding back because of the economy and plotting for the summer of 2010. Plus, he?s still bound by restricted free agency, which means he can?t really come back and shop around for the best situation. If the Hawks didn?t get a deal done with him last summer I don?t see any way they get one done now. No way.?